Bad news about Netflix in South Africa

• The Association for Communications and Technology has been pushing for years for over-the-top (OTT) players to contribute to network infrastructure costs in South Africa, which could raise streaming prices.
• The Association for Communications and Technology (ACT) has said Netflix and WhatsApp consume a lot of bandwidth without contributing to the maintenance of local network infrastructure.
• The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) plans to investigate the feasibility of implementing the 'fair share' proposal locally.